Stamen and anther

English: Stamens (the pollen-producing part of the flower) and anthers (the top part of the stamen where the pollen is produced)

Deutsch: Staubblatt und Staubbeutel

Español: Estambre y antera

Français : Étamine et anthére

Русский: Τычинка и пыльник

Nederlands: Stamper en meeldraad

Polski: Pręcik i pylnik

Photographs

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  Hippeastrum

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  Insects collecting nectar unintentionally transfer pollen to other flowers, causing pollination

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  Flower of the spider tree (Crateva religiosa) with its numerous conspicuous stamens

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  Flowers of wheat at anthesis showing stamens.

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  Stamens of a daylily (Hemerocallis), thickly covered in pollen

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  Flowers of the "silk tree" (Albizia julibrissin) have many long thread-like stamens

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  Stamens of a passion flower (Passiflora caerulea) showing interesting symmetry

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  Hylocereus undatus showing the style and stigma, and stamens

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  These Solanum anthers release pollen through a pore at their tip

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  Blue and red waterlily stamens deploying in the morning sun (Nymphaea caerulea)

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  Quinoa flower with sepals removed, revealing five large yellow bilobed anthers

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  Iris beard, with the pollen on multiple filaments

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  Pyrus pyrifolia, Asian Pear, Raja cultivar, blossoms with anthers

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  Passiflora edulis flower, anther with pollen

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Diagrams and micrographs

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  Scanning tunneling micrograph of Tradescantia stamens

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  Autofluorescence microscopy of hazelnet stamens

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